Robs progress thread .:EXTERIOR CHANGES #61:.

[Furio_Rob]

1. Standard
2. Dials
3. Cleaning Stuff, Stickers and Grill
4. Cleaned
5. LED's, Wheel and Alloys
6. Exhaust Video
7. Badges, Mirror Caps and Grill

probably the worst progress thread ever made but i dont care
k, i bought my furio in february for a whoping £3350
i was taxed and MOT'd for 6 months, only had 25k on the clock, was in a good condition and the engine sounded sweet
travelled all the way down to pudsey in leeds (about 100 miles) to have a look at it and i loved it straight away
2 weeks later we went back down to pic it up, and it stayed in the same state for a while. I dont have any completely standard pictures cos as soon as i got it i went to halfords to buy some rims, for some reason i had a vauxhall one on. I also ordered an exhaust tip cos i hated the look of mine, and yea it still looks shit . Anyway, after buying these, this is what it looked like.









And then about 2 weeks ago i stumbled across this site
after searching a bit i decided i wanted to modify it a bit, but for various reasons i couldnt lower it, get a new exhaust system, get a new interior or get some decent ICE.
Anyway, the mods began, but as Predator will tell you i didnt really know what i was doing, but thanks to this site i managed to get most of them done

First came the de-wipering, painting the rear badges and grill. The owner before me was crazy and stuck about 20 things on it, including a crappy fuel cap sticker and 16v badges so i took all them off too to clean it up. I then moved into the interior and sprayed the vent surrounds, speakers, glove box and other bits to match the seats. My VTR wheels came, but were in such a bad state so im having to get them refurbed which is happening soon (thanks jason )
Then recently, my bee sting areial, mirror caps which i had to spray, rear VTR lights, pedal covers which are shit and the best of all, sax-p stickers

this is how it looks now after a 2 hour clean for its service on monday









future plans arent much, new steering wheel, having the wheels refurbed and spraying the dial surround blue, while at the same time putting in the new dials (pred )


hope you like it, any opinions are welcome
also any suggestions on what else i could do thats quite cheap

[Predator_R32p]

so is that exhaust still on?

needs lowering desperately

[Furio_Rob]

Originally Posted by Predator_VTR

so is that exhaust still on?

needs lowering desperately

yea the stupid looking one is still on
i would love to have it lowered but as i said i dont have the money
plus i live near too many speed bumps
im tempted to take it to a body shop place sometime cos there are so many scrathces and stuff
think its coming along nicely considering im so useless

[Adam_Q]

Get it lowered... fook the speed bumps lol! I'm surrounded by the damn things but I crawl over them lol!

Save your pennies and get it done, be the best mod you can do

[Furio_Rob]

Originally Posted by adz21

Get it lowered... fook the speed bumps lol! I'm surrounded by the damn things but I crawl over them lol!

Save your pennies and get it done, be the best mod you can do

ok i might look into it
but i got absolutely no idea about anthing to do with it
i've heard motor manics or something in boldon are good
is there any price and performance difference in lowering the rear 40 and 50 if you understand that?

[SaxoJamie]

good start mate, I like what you've done with the interior

[Furio_Rob]

Originally Posted by saxoboii1989

good start mate, I like what you've done with the interior

yea me too lol
i saw it on someone elses on here and said he liked it but everyone else said it was too bright
now i've got it done i think it looks sweet just a bit blue on the passengers side which is why i wanna get the dial surround blue

[Saxy1]

Looks much better than it did mate, Keep up the good work.

[Adam_Q]

Originally Posted by WilsonSaxo

ok i might look into it
but i got absolutely no idea about anthing to do with it
i've heard motor manics or something in boldon are good
is there any price and performance difference in lowering the rear 40 and 50 if you understand that?

I'd get it lowered 40 all round, that way you get nice looks and doesn't cause too many problems over speed bumpers oh and you don't feel like your spines shattered after a couple of hours driving

I know a local garage charge £110+springs to lower a saxo, which gives you an idea on what your going to be charged

[VTR-Chris]

have a look here mate

http://www.manicmotors.net/id1.html

Citroen Saxo 1.1-1.6 VTR/VTS lowered 60mm.Including Manicmotors springs,fitting and torsion bar adjustment

£125

i never got mine done there so no idea how good they are...

[Furio_Rob]

Originally Posted by adz21

I'd get it lowered 40 all round, that way you get nice looks and doesn't cause too many problems over speed bumpers oh and you don't feel like your spines shattered after a couple of hours driving

I know a local garage charge £110+springs to lower a saxo, which gives you an idea on what your going to be charged

i was gonna get it done 40 but i've had a look at some and thought i'd rahter have it done 50mm
just not entirely sure yet

[VTR-Chris]

40 looks shit imo

60 FTW

[Furio_Rob]

Originally Posted by VTR-Chris

have a look here mate

http://www.manicmotors.net/id1.html

Citroen Saxo 1.1-1.6 VTR/VTS lowered 60mm.Including Manicmotors springs,fitting and torsion bar adjustment

£125

i never got mine done there so no idea how good they are...

i've had a look there and i was looking at £170 for the 50mm
but everyones been telling me it would cost £280 to get it done so im confused as to why it says £170

[VTR-Chris]

cost me 390 to go 60!

but that was with new shocks aswell

[Furio_Rob]

bollocks!
lol was that for a full kit though or just front springs and torsion bar adjusted?

[VTR-Chris]

well it was originally gona cost me 280 odd.. but then when they were doin it my dampers were leakin... so got some new ones stuck on

so them, springs, fittin + torsion bar adjustment come to 390

they never charged me labour either on the dampers which was good of em.. also 1 of my track rod ends was knackered so they sorted that with a new one aswell

that was at demon tweeks

[Furio_Rob]

Originally Posted by VTR-Chris

well it was originally gona cost me 280 odd.. but then when they were doin it my dampers were leakin... so got some new ones stuck on

so them, springs, fittin + torsion bar adjustment come to 390

they never charged me labour either on the dampers which was good of em.. also 1 of my track rod ends was knackered so they sorted that with a new one aswell

that was at demon tweeks

dam i dont have that kind of money to spend on it which is a shame cos it really needs it

[VTR-Chris]

lol i also had to pay a 178 bill for a new driveshaft that mornin

fking saxos!

[Furio_Rob]

Originally Posted by VTR-Chris

lol i also had to pay a 178 bill for a new driveshaft that mornin

fking saxos!

satan tbh
nah i agree sort of, its certainly costs alot of money to keep them running
but its worth it imo instead of having a corsa or clio or something

[Furio_Rob]

just a little update
Plans: just this minute had my VTR wheels sent off to Jason to get them refurbed
supersprint back box and center section coming next month
lowered 40mm or 50mm
sort the interior trims out, either respraying them a different colour or getting standard ones back in
fit the items in the pic below, sorry about quality the camera is shite